Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cadair Berwyn, round cairn on N ridge of
Ceiriog Ucha, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Ceiriog Ucha, Powys, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 23 November 2006
- Community
- Ceiriog Ucha
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.89232, -3.36970
- SAM number
- DE297
- Cadw record number
- 4281
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in moorland on the ridge extending to the E of Cadair Berwyn. The grass and bracken covered cairn is roughly oval on plan and measures about 16.5m from ENE to WSW by about 13.5m transversely. The cairn stands up to 1.8m in height.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence.
The area to be scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 24m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Cader Bronwen Round BarrowRound barrow cairnunder 1 mi
- Craig Berwyn Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Moel Sych Round BarrowRound barrow cairn1 mi
- Carnedd y Ci BarrowRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.